Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3869, Henry Gale, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gale, Henry
R. 3869
CONTENTS

13.387 In the matter of the application of Henry Gale for a pension
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State of New York
Monroe County ss On this 2 nd day of October 1822 personally appeared in open court, before the Judge of the court of common pleas of the said county of Monroe, now sitting Henry Gale a resident of Brighton in the said county of Monroe in the State of New York age eighty three years, being first duly sworn according to law, that in his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He engaged as a Captain in Rosbury
in a regiment under the command of Colonel Bigelow and afterwards under the command of Colonel Learned in the month of April 1775, that he continued to serve as a Captain in the service of the United States for and during the term of eight months being the term for which he first engaged when he was discharged. That in the summer of the year 1777 he again entered the service of the United States as a Captain, that he entered the service in Princetown, county of Worcester and state of Massachusetts in a Regiment under the command of Colonel Putnam, that he continued in such service for and during the term of six months being the term for which he enlisted when he was discharged again. That soon in the year 1778 he again entered the service of the United States as a Captain in Colonel Holden's regiment, that he marched with his company to Kingsbridge where he continued in the said service for the term of three months when he was again discharged. That soon after the expiration of this term, but precisely when he cannot state he again volunteered as a Captain in Colonel Holden's Regiment and went with his company to Rutland in the county of Worcester & state of Massachusetts, and that he continued in such service for and during the term of nine months when he was again discharged. That he was in the battle of Lexington, Bunker Hill, Blandishad and at the taking of Burgoyne. That he has no documentary evidence
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2 and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure (except that of Thomas Leland hereto annexed) who can testify to his services. That he was born in the town of Sutton in the county of Worcester and state of Massachusetts in the year 1750. That he has a record of his age in that town where he was born and that the same is entered in his old bible now in his custody; That when first called into the service of the United States he lived in the town and county of Worcester a state of Massachusetts that since the revolutionary war he lived in Brimfield in Massachusetts until about the year 1791 when he moved to Warwick where he lived about three years moved to Winchester where he lived a short time and then moved to Barry in Vermont where he lived until 1805 when he moved to Scipio in the state of New York where he lived until 1816 when he moved to Pennington and that he has ever since resided either in Pennington, Pittsford or Brighton all in the said county of Monroe and that he now lives in Brighton in the said county of Monroe. That he entered the service of the United States at the different times above mentioned as a volunteer. That he has stated above the different colonels under whom he served that he can state also General Leland and General Putnam who were with the troops where he served. That he received the commission of a captain, that the commission was given him by General Leland who administered to him the oath and signed the said commission and that he cannot now find the same nor has he seen it since he resided in the state of Vermont. That he is known to Nathan Miller a Minister of the Gospel, Thomas Blossom, Clark Blossom and many others in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character, servancy and their belief of his services as an officer of the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity as at the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
In witness whereof he has subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
L. Adams Clerk
Henry Hale

sworn to, and he believes the days year aforesaid.
Henry Gale
L. Adams Clerk
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State of New York Monroe County ss. Thomas Leland of Mendon in the county of Monroe aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with Henry Gale that he knew him in Sutton county of Worcester & State of Massachusetts & other places previous to the Revolutionary war, that the said Henry Gale was an officer either Captain or Lieutenant & which he does not recollect, in the eight months service in the year 1775 in the Revolutionary war under Colonel Dugdale & Colonel Learned, that he has been informed & believes that the said Henry Gale was engaged in the service of the United States as a Captain at different times after the said eight months service & that the said Henry Gale is the same Henry Gale who now lives in the town of Brighton County & State aforesaid.
Thomas Leland
Subscribed & sworn this
2 d day of October, 1832
Before me
James Smith Judge of the County Courts of Monroe County
We Miriam L. Miller a Longymen residing in the town of Brighton in the county of Monroe & State of New York and Thomas Blossom residing in Brighton aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Gale who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 82 years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been an officer of the revolution and that

4 we concur in that opinion. Shown to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid - L. Adams Clerk
Horace L. Miller Thomas Blossom
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary officer and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Horace Miller who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Brighton in the county of Monroe and that Thomas Blossom who has also signed the same is a resident of Brighton aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter C. Miller James Castle } Monro } County Court James Smith
Leonard Adams, Clerk of the court of common pleas of county of Monroe do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Gale for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3 rd day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
L. Adams Clerk
I, James Smith one of the Judges of Monroe County courts before whom the foregoing affidavit of Thomas Leland was taken, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the said Thomas Leland, that he is a resident of the town of Monroe in said county of Monroe, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
James Smith } Judge of Monroe } County Court.

13.381 Henry Gale
NY Act 7. June '32
5 P. 380
vide - papers act 15 May '28 Sus.?
29 Apr '33
Ira Belous Pittsford - N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Henry Gale of Brighton in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 82 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     April In 1775 8 Captain Col. Bigelow Mass ts   Summer of 1777 6 ditto " Learned do   Sometime in 1778 3 ditto Col. Putnam do   Not specified, annually 9 ditto Col. Holden do   do do do  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Lexington, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, & at the taking of Burgoyne  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Roxbury Mass ts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and one living Witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are not attached according to the Regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
October 23, 1924.
Mrs. Edward H. Jones, 2004 W. 101st Place, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Ill.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the claim, R. 3869, it appears that Henry Gale was born in 1750 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and resided there and at Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War.
He alleged that he served from April 1775 as a Lieutenant and Captain in the Massachusetts Troops at various times during the Revolution.
He lived at Barre, Vermont for a while after the Revolution, and moved thence in 1805 to New York state.
He applied for pension July 8, 1828, while living at Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, and again on October 3, 1832, while living at Brighton, Monroe County, New York, but his claim was not allowed as the records of the United

States and state of Massachusetts failed to afford any evidence of his having served, and he also failed to furnish satisfactory proof of the alleged service.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Add note to Carbon
If this man had served as alleged his record should be in the Mass State records and also in Hartmann's Historical Register, for the services were alleged as of important Mass Regiments of the Line. Ad. Nothing found in any archives under any spelling of Gail & also See report in claim as to no evidence of service

MRS. EDWARD HARTE JONES 2004 WEST 101ST PLACE BEVERLY HILLS CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE BEVERLY 3125
To Honorable Washington Gardner,
Dept. of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Gardner:
Mrs. Addie Gale Butt, who you of course know very well, and also a life long friend of mine, has asked me to make out her D.A.R. papers enabling her to join out in California.
She has been my guest for a week and leaves for her home shortly.
Her ancestor was Capt Henry Gale, of Barre, Vt.
He served in April of 1775.

His record(all that you may have) will be greatly appreciated.
Addis wishes to be remembered most cordially to you, while I, too, extend kind regards and thanks for all of your favors which have so greatly assisted me in my work in the chapter.
Very truly yours.
Charlotte Loda Jones Registrar of DeWalt Mechlin chapter.
October 20/24.

ADDRESS REPLY TO CHIEF OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICE MUNITIONS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. room 2444.
WAR DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE WASHINGTON
Claims Board
REFER TO FILE NO. _____
July 11, 1919
U. S. COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
% Revolutionary War Dept.
Dear Sir:-
From the Gale Family Records, published by Lieth and Gale, of Galesville, Wisconsin, 1866, and compiled by George Gale, Ll.D., I have found that Capt. Henry Gale of the Revolutionary service, was on the pension list, therefore, you must have records of this in your office, would you be so kind as to send me complete record? He was born, March 22nd, 1752, died August 18, 1836 and married Elizabeth Drury of Worcester, Mass. I wished to know if your records had the date of marriage and something concerning her. I wish to know because I am looking up this record for D.A.R. membership. After the war he removed to Barre, Vt. for a time, then to Brighton, New York, where he died. He was a private under Capt. John Cowl in the Lexington battle, and served also in the last year of the war, but do not think that he was commissioned a Captain until the latter part of the War. I should be so very much obliged if you can complete this record for me, and any charges would be gladly forwarded.
Yours very truly,
Miss Nellie Murphy MISS NELLIE MURPHY 243 - 10th St., N.E. Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Yale a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
R. 3869
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1775 8 mos. First Capt. Isaac Belden Col. Stoddard Mass.   Aug. 1777 6 mos. Captain at Ticonderoga Putnam   1778 3 mos. Captain at Kingsbridge Holden   Jan. after 1778 9 mos. Captain Guarded Poughkeepsie Army Quarters at Poughkeepsie New York   Oct. 1779 11 mos. Captain  
Battles engaged in, Lexington, Bunker Hill, taking of Poughkeepsie & Forts Clinton & Montgomery Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wethersfield, Conn. Date of application for pension, July 8, 1828. Residence at date of application, Pittsfield, Mass. Age at date of application, born in 1750 at Wethersfield, Conn.
Remarks: He stated that he & his company were part of the force that relieved Fort Ticonderoga on Dec. 12, 1777. His claim was rejected on the ground that no record of his commission and alleged service as required by the act could be found.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
This letter should not have been written though this man would certainly have been found in the Mass. or U.S. records if he had served as Lt. or Capt. as he describes, these were large Mass Regiments & Officers of them on record in U.S. War Archives

1919 July 23. That to Miss Nellie Murphy of 1924 Oct 23. " Mrs. Edward H Jones was
38119
REJECTED
P. O. _____
Henry Gale
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges  List of rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause
Re-enlisted: of rejection as follows;
"No proof of service"
see statements from Secretary's Office, Boston, dated Feb. 13. 1836 & also one from Dept. of State Washington D.C. saying
P. O. no evidence of service, in this claim.
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

New York 313,387
Henry Bale
Revoy. 3869
Rejected
See let to Ira
Bellows Esq Age 23 '34 - not found
See letter to Ira Bellows
to August 1834
Letter to Mrs. J. Whittelsey 3 Nov 1835 with a letter to Addison Southwick
Oct 7 June 32

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Nov 16. '46

Pension office -
Nov 16th 1846
Sir,
Agreeably to your request you are informed that Henry Gale alleges that that he entered the service in the Revolutionary war, as Captain in the town of Roxbury in April 1775 in the Regiment under the Command of Col. Biglow and afterwards under Col. Learned and served eight months. In 1777 he entered the service in Prentiss's Regiment as Captain in Col. Putnam's Regiment and served six months. In 1778 he again entered the service as Captain Holden's Regiment for three months, and afterwards volunteered under the same officer, and served nine months.
D. D. D. Dison { Present }

Dear Timothy Childs 9 Feb 1836 O.C.
Rec. Vol. 38. p. 160

War Dept Pension Off. July 36
Sir
In reply to the enquiry in your of 3 inst enclosing a statement from Mr. Whittelsey respecting the case of Henry Gale, I have the honour to inform you that Mr. Gale claims for service in the rank character of L t & H Capt without producing his commissions or any second evidence of his alleged rank or service.
I have written to the Secy of State of Mass. upon the subject (and) as soon as an answer shall be received a definite reply will be given you for Mr. Whittelsey.
Gen. Timothy Childs H. Rep.

Wm Timothy Childs 1 March 1836
O.C.
Rec. Vol. 38. pa 176

War Dept
Pension Office
Feby '36
Sir
Having rec d an answer from the Secy of the State of Mass. to which reference was made in mine of 9. Inst respecting the case of Levi  John Gale, I have the honor to inform  enclose herewith a copy thereof. Claiming as a commissioned officer of the Mass. Line for a large portion of his alleged service and of her state troops for the remainder neither the rolls of this office which are believed to be full & complete nor the records at Boston furnish any evi- -dence whatever of his rank or service. The interest taken by Mr. Whelpley in his behalf & his perseverance in asserting the claim are calculated to impart a favorable aspect to it, but it would invade every safe principle of adjudication to admit a claim discredited by ancient & contemporaneous records.
Hon. Timothy Childs H. Rep.

Feb 3.
My Friend Henry Gale -
James L. Edwards Esq Pension officer Washington City -
Henry Gale & Childs H.R.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir Sir -
Will you have the goodness to examine the enclosed papers, together with the letter of Mr. Achillese, and at your convenience give me your opinion — Yours Respectfully Timothy Rhead -
No. Rep. Feb 3. 1836

Hon. Thos. Childs H. R.

Roche. Jan'y 11. 1856
Dear Sir
While I was in Congress I tried hard to procure a pension for Capt Henry Gah of Brighton but have not yet succeeded - The man himself is now so aged that his memory is not to be relied upon tho' it was good at the time he made his declaration - I enclose a summary or brief of his declaration and the proofs - He claims first for 8 months service as a Capt There is no proof on the Rolls that he was a Capt or even an officer - He was in fact a Lieut in the first 8 months service - and I concluded from the papers that I would abandon all other claims & endeavor to procure him a pension for 8 months service as a Lieut - With that view I procured Leland's (the witness) testimony positively that Gah was a Lieut in that service & forwarded it last fall to the pension office - I thought his positive testimony & the fact would authorize a pension for at least that short period of service - I enclose to that application the enclosed answer - The department seem to have erred in supposing we still claim for the Captain whereas we only claim for the Lieut of which there is positive proof in Leland's affidavit

I think it possible that even yet a person can be procured for the Short Range in the rank by one on the Spot and I therefore send - to you in hope that you can do something for him - The papers were originally prepared by Bellows & my family down
Yours truly
J Whittier
Hon Timothy Childs

3. Nov. 1835
O. C.
Rec. Vol. 38. pa. 56

War Department Pension Office
November 3, 1835
Sir The affidavits of Thomas Leland, in support of the claim of Harry Gale, contained in your letter of the 15 th Octo r , has been examined. - The claimant states in his declaration that he served six months as a Captain in Col Putnam's regiment - His name does not appear on the rolls of that regiment - This fact tends to discredit his statements generally. To sustain his claim even to the eight months service in 1775 would require the very clearest evidence that he was duly appointed a Captain
I have the honor to be,
Gen F. Whittelsey Rochester New York

Oct 21
My Dear Henry
Pension Office
Free P. Wilton Mrs
Hon. Edwin
Secy of War
Washington City D.C.

Rochester N.Y. Oct 10. 1855
Sir
The Application of Henry Gale of Brighton, Monroe Co. N.Y. for a pension under the act of 1832 was suspended for want of sufficient proof - His claim is for several periods of service but the proof was deficient. He has been enabled to present a new Affidavit statement from a fellow Soldier of a period of service for 8 months as a Vet. which I endorse. The party had made a statement before but it was unverified. I hope upon the proof you will be able to grant a pension for 8 months due to the applicant as a Vet.
Capt Gale's new statement is not full in its details - and I should have had him make a new and fuller one in Court more full since his first statement his mind has become much broken and I should not now place confidence in it. tho' I should in his former statement - I am quite well satisfied myself that he served as stated by him and I think the proofs cover 8 months
I am respectfully
Your obed Servt
F. Whitcomb
Hon. Lewis Culp
Sec of War

State of Pennsylvania Union County Pa
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Thomas Delano of the township of McKeans in said County and state, who being duly sworn according to law, deposed and said that he knew Henry Gole of Princeton, Mercer County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and knew him as a lieutenant in the Eighth months Service in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - that he belonged to Genl Morris's Brigade, and was at the battle of Brandywine Hill. That deponent has been acquainted with the said Henry Gole more or less ever since the Revolution. That the said Henry Gole is now a resident of Brighton, Monroe County, state of Maryland. That deponent was out during the whole Eighth months Service aforesaid, and that in being the said Henry Gole was out also during the whole term, or he was in the habit of seeing the said Henry Gole every day or two. Deponent also states that he was more acquainted with the said Henry Gole's family at the time, and knew at the time that the said Henry Gole performed the Service, but cannot specify the nature or extent of such service and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me Thomas Delano On this 2 October 1835
William Kelley Dear Sir

I certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Leland the within deponent, and that he is of good reputation for truth.
Witness my hand this 2 nd October 1833
William Kelley Bishop
State of Pennsylvania } Fayette County } I, Edwin S. Kelso, Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Fayette do certify that William Kelley is a Magistrate as within — duly Commissioned and sworn according to law and that his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eight th day of October Anno Domini 1833 Caleb Graham For Edwin S. Kelso Pro

Letter Aug. 20, 1834, to Ira Bellows Esq.
Pittsford, N.Y.
copy of portion of Pension Office letter
The claim of Henry Gale was rejected 23 Apl. & communicated to you - Some authentic record -proof of his being commissioned is indispensable to a favorable decision in his case.

July 22 Pittsford N.Y. July 10.
Free
W m Edward Edge Commission of Pensions Washington
Henry Bates Pittsford Stock

Pittsford, 16th July, 1834
Dear Sir, I have seen Mr. Martin Sperbick in relation to his application for a pension. He says that he was one of the first that enlisted under Capt. Dana & served as he states, although the petition therefor proved only about ten months service. His service under Capt. Copleman must stand or fall without any further proof as he is totally unable to obtain any. You must under the proof that is before you attend to him for such time as you are satisfied he served. He has already been to a great deal of expense in looking after testimony & has concluded without further expense on his part to submit the matter to the decision of the department. (An accept of that may be otherwise.) I would now draw your attention to the case of Capt. Henry Grah. He feels much disappointed. I am satisfied his claim is a meritorious one. (Would further proof avail? And what further proof is required? Please answer this soon -
Respectfully
Your obedient servant.
Wm Bellows.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions.

Additional Enclosure Henry Galt
free
George M. Crump Esq. Acting Comr. of Pensions Washington

Pittsford N.Y. 12th March, 1834
Dear Sir,
Since the receipt of yours of the 15th of October last we have used every exertion to obtain further proof of the revolutionary services of Capt. Henry Gale. I have sent to the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts & herewith enclose a copy of my letter to him & also the letter from him to me & Thoms & White to me. I have been entirely unable to produce any further testimony. The Applicant is old & very infirm & in a very short time he will have ceased to solicit any further remuneration from his country for his revolutionary services. He has done all in relation to his application for a pension, that he can do. If his claim be finally rejected he must submit to it. But should the War Department see fit to place his name upon the pension roll, it would be but doing justice to a faithful revolutionary officer, & would cheer & gladden his heart in the evening of his life. You will please let me hear from you soon & sooth the anxiety of this poor old man.
I am respectfully
Your obedient servant.
Ira Bellows.
George Wm Crump Esq. Acting Comr of Pensions.

Ira Belloni To E.D. Bangs Esq. Secy. of Musp. -
copy

Pittsford Monroe County, N.Y. 24 th Feb 1834
Dear Sir
Henry Gale has made application for a pension as Captain in the Revolutionary war. He states that he enlisted as a Captain in Roxbury Mass. in Col. Bigelows Regt. afterwards commanded by Col. Garned. in April 1775 & served 8 months - That in the summer of 1777 he again entered the service as a Captain in Princeton Mass in Col. Putnam's Regt. & served 6 months. That some time in the year 1778 he again entered the service as Capt. in Col. Holdens Regt. - served 3 months. That soon after the expiration of said 3 months but precisely when he cannot state he again entered the service as a Capt. in Col. Holdens Regt. & served 9 months. The war department require proof that Henry Gale was duly commissioned as a Captain. I therefore request that you search the office of the Secretary of State - And if any record of Henry Gale having been Commissioned as a Capt. or other officer can be found, that you will send me the same duly authenticated. It is very important to Capt. Gale that this proof should be obtained & I trust if it is to be found you will lose no time in forwarding the same to me. I enclose two dollars to pay charges. Please let me hear from you as soon as the necessary searches can be made.
Respectfully
Yours truly W. Bellows
E. D. Bangs Esq. Secretary of State of Massachusetts

By Ira Bellows Esq. Pittsford Monroe County New York.

Edward D. Bangs Secy of State of Mass -
To Mrs. Bellows
Letter -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE,  March 4 th 1834.
SIR,
I HAVE received your letter requesting me to examine the rolls in this office for evidence of the services of
Henry Gale
in the Revolutionary War. Thousands of similar applications have been made; and they are daily presented in such numbers, that it is impossible for me or my clerks personally to attend to them, without neglecting the usual business of the office. I therefore found it necessary to establish a rule (of which public notice was given) requiring that examinations should be made by the applicants themselves, or their friends or agents. They are allowed free access to the rolls and records, and every facility in my power to afford. If they discover any evidence of the services claimed, they are furnished with blanks for the purpose of preparing certificates for my signature. These certificates are compared by me or one of the clerks with the rolls pointed out to us, and, if true, they are signed by me. This is cheerfully done without any charge. Nothing has ever been asked or received for these services by any one connected with the office. I believe this is all that can be reasonably required of me; and all that can be done without neglecting my incumbent duties.
There are two gentlemen (Messrs. HOMER and WHITE) who, for some time past have been constantly employed in assisting the old soldiers, and who expect a trifling remuneration for their trouble in making the search and preparing the necessary certificate. As, for the reasons already stated, I cannot myself attend to the case stated by you, I shall place it in the hands of these gentlemen for investigation, and request them to communicate to you the result.
The rolls in this office, though numerous, are very defective, irregular, and incomplete, a fact of which the War Department at Washington is well informed. It is therefore always uncertain whether the services claimed, although they may have been faithfully rendered, can be proved by our records. In a majority of cases, a part only of the service can be shown from the existing rolls. Whatever evidence can be discovered, will be furnished to you at a small charge by the gentlemen whom I have mentioned. The $2.00 enclosed will be handed over to
Messrs. H. & W.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
Edward D. Bangs: Secy
Dear Belvoir Esq.

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Ira Bellows Esq. Pittsford Monroe County N.Y.
Letter - Ira Bellows Esq. Henry Miller Ebenezer Hemen

Eleazer Homer L Henry White
To Ira Bellooz
Letter -
Lynn
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Boston March 5 th 1834
Sir,
Yours of the 24 th of Feby. to the Secretary, was handed us. We have examined all the books and documents where there was any hopes of finding any evidence of Henry Gale being Commissioned as a Captain, or as any other Officer, but have not found the least particle of evidence. If you wish it, we will send you what is termed a Blank Certificate. — all communications respecting evidence of the services of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War must be post paid. — Should you wish such a Certificate as we have mentioned you will please inform us. Our fee is two dollars for each Applicant we search for, which fee was received in yours of the above mentioned date.
Your Respectfully Eleazer Homer.
Henry White

Feb 17
J. L. Edouards Esq. file
do.
Pension Office
City of Washington.
Henry Lee Esq.

Secretary's Office.
Boston. Feb. 13. 1836.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir
The records & files of this office have been carefully examined but afford no evidence of the alleged services of Henry Gale.
Yours respectfully
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Right Care Capt Henry Gale -
file with her correspondence My account

Department of State, Washington, June 23, 1847.
James L Edwards, Esq. Commr. of Pensions.
Sir
In compliance with your request I have caused the Washington Papers to be examined for evidence of the service of Captain Henry Gale of the Massachusetts line in 1776, and have to report that no such evidence has been discovered.
I am Sir, very respectfully Your Obedt servt.
James Buchanan

Pittsford N.Y. July 22.
Israel
Hon. Richard Rush Secy of Treasury
Washington
Revolutionary Claims
H. Gale. no. 28 Jun 4, 1828 recd 15 Aug.
649.

Pittsford, Monroe County N.Y. July 21 st 1828.
Dear Sir
By request of Captain Gale I enclose his declaration together with the testimony of two witnesses according to the form - also the further affidavit of Mr. Leland, who, on his way to the South part of our County to visit his son happened to meet and recognise Captain Gale - which oath of Mr. Leland is the only positive proof Captain is enabled to transmit: as his Commission & other papers were destroyed by fire before he came from Massachusetts. I see from the forms prescribed that it is not necessary to show the age or situation of the applicant - Should it be deemed more satisfactory Capt. Gale will be enabled to show that he is in his 79 th year - very infirm and deenfelt - in very reduced circumstances as to property - and much needs the assistance of his Country - Capt. Gale says and it is generally believed that from the products of his farm together with the amount he had received for his services in the Revolution he had in his desk Eight thousand seven hundred dollars in Continental Bills at the time they were struck dead in Massachusetts. If an authentication of the above facts are necessary You will please make it known and it will be done without delay -
Very Respectfully
Your most
Abt. Secret
Elias B. Holmes for Capt. Henry Gale -
Hon. Richard Rush -

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3869

Henry Gale - Captain -
Mass. line -
Not allowed. Not 1825. New York.
• Low Price  Don't fit  to 44 8733
• Ref # 3,869  Don't OK

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 d Sept 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Henry Gale , under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution; and, if so, whether he became entitled to the same by service to the termination of the war, or in what other manner.
Richard Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department
Bounty Land Office
9. Sep r . 1828.
Captain Henry Gale of the Massachusetts Line, is not returned, as being entitled to Land from the United States, nor has a warrant issued for him.
C. Hopkins

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Augt 15. 1828
Henry Gale, of Pittsford, in the County of Monroe, in the State of New York, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Captain in the regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he has not applied for or received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing in the State of dollars, paid to him by the agent
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
20 th August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Henry Gale in the line , amounting to not dollars.
It further appears that Henry Gale - not is now on the pension list of the any - - - - - agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of per month.
The Revolutionary records in this office furnish no evidence whatever in relation to the services of Cap t Henry Gale of the Massachusetts line -
John Hagner And

Capt. Henry Gales Declaration
Hon. Richard Rush Secy. Treasury

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution, approved on the 15 th day of May 1828." I Henry Gale of Pittsfield in the County of Monroe and State of New York, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the continental line of the army of the revolution - that I first enlisted in Roxbury County Norfolk and State of Massachusetts into a Company commanded by Captain Isaac Bolster and received a Lieutenant's Commission in April 1775 - that I continued to serve as Lieut. in said Company for eight months; being the term of time for which said Company was raised - that I was appointed a Captain of a Company and proceeded directly to Pitchmore Point where I served as a Captain three months after which I returned to Princeton, Worcester County - that having received a Captain's Commission in the Spring of 1777 I repaired with my Company to Rhode Island and entered the continental service under Genl. Putnam and I think was in Col s Whiting's Reg t - that I served as aforesaid on Rhode Island about three months when I was personally ordered by Genl. Putnam to march my Company to Saratoga to assist in stopping the career of Burgayne - that I served after the taking of Burgayne and that myself and Company were among the party who escorted and delivered up said prisoners at Bacon Hill in Boston in the fall of '77 - that I was then ordered back to Worcester County until further order - that in the Spring of 1778 I was ordered with my Company to guard the Army of Burgayne which were removed from Boston to Walling Barracks in Worcester County that I served as Captain of said Guard and also as a commissary for furnishing said prisoners with Beef (2 draws a week) until the fall of '79 when I think said prisoners were delivered up and taken off for the purposes of exchange -

that I continued to command said Company and perform all the duties assigned until the close of the war in the regiment commanded by Col. Greenleaf in the Massachusetts line.
I also declare, that I did not ask or apply for assistance from Congress neither did I receive a commutation certificate for a sum equal to five years full pay as offered by the resolve of Congress of 22 d March 1783. And I also further declare that I have received of the United States as a pension since the 3 rd day of March 1826 no money that I have received as a pension of the United States since the 3 rd day of March 1828 or money —
Henry Gale
Before me, Markimer J. Delano a Commissioner in the County of Monroe & State of New York, under the act of 19 th Apr. 1823 personally appeared Joseph Ronley of said County and Thomas Leland of the County of Erie, State of Pennsylvania who did severally make oath that Captain Henry Gale by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the revolution as therein stated. And the said Thomas Leland for himself doth further make oath and say that Capt. Henry Gale aforesaid together with himself, previous to the commencement of the revolutionary war, resided in the town of Sutton County of Worcester State of Mass. that he at that time was well acquainted with the said Gale — also that he, the said Leland, enlisted in 1775 for seven months and was in the service and in the same Regiment at that time Captain Gale served as a Lieutenant under Captain Bolster and was personally knowing to his having the command of a company at Fitchmore's Point for several months — that he was not so particularly acquainted with said Gale

after he removed to Princeton - that he (th's deponent) was a militia man at the taking of Burgoyne and understood said Gale was ordered from Rhode island and was in a Brigade on the other side of the river and also understood & believes said Gale accompanied said prisoners to Boston and finally from his own personal knowledge together with the information he at that time received he does verily believe that Capt. Henry Gale whose signature appears above was in the continental service as he has above declared -
Witness my hand this 8 th day
of July 1828 -
Thomas Leland
M. H. Delano Commissioner
Joseph Root
for taking affidavits in the Monroe County, under act of 19 th April 1823 -
State of New York
Monroe County ss. I Jeremiah Butler acting clerk of the county courts of the county of Monroe in the state of New York do hereby certify that Merhimer H. Delano before the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the time a commissioner duly empowered to administer oaths - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county this nineteenth day of July 1828. J. Butler acting clerk

NAME Gale, Jesse GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4297 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 9, 1799
to Enoch Gale, Levi Gale, Lucretia Gale, Joel Fairbanks and Mary Fairbanks, heirs of Jesse Gale —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.